VanillaWeather

A lightweight plugin that brings vanilla-like weather mechanics (clear, rain, thunder) with configurable behavior per world, lightning control and snow layer creation.

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Features

• Change weather to clear, rain or thunder via command or API.
• Control lightning spawning and its side-effects (fire, damage).
• Create snow layers when snow falls.
• Per-world configuration.
• Events for plugin integration and extension.

Commands

• /weather <clear|rain|thunder> [duration]
  • Change the current world's weather. duration is in seconds.
  • Use 0 or a negative number to prevent automatic weather changes in that world.
  • Examples:
    • /weather rain 120 — rain for 2 minutes
    • /weather clear — make the weather clear

Permissions

• vanillaweather.weather.command — Allows use of the /weather command.

Configuration

Settings are stored per world in plugin_data/VanillaWeather/config.yml. The default section provides fallback values.

Example config.yml:

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default:
  weatherChange: true        # Allow automatic weather changes
  createLightning: true      # Allow lightning to spawn
  lightningFire: false       # Lightning can set blocks on fire
  damageFromLightning: false # Lightning deals damage to players
  createSnowLayers: true     # Create snow layers during snow

world_nether:
  weatherChange: false

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome — fork the repo, make your changes and open a pull request. For bug reports and feature requests please use the repository Issues

Contact

If you need help or want to report a bug, open an Issue on the repository or join our Discord